Dr. Robert McMaster
604.875.5641     

ASSISTANT TO DR. McMASTER

Lillian Manusha
604.875.5641

MANAGER, FACILITIES & ADMINISTRATION
Karen Donaldson
604.875.5470     
• VCHRI administration
• Space allocation needs, facilities maintenance and renovation requirements
• Occupational health and safety (OH&S) for the Institute

ASSISTANT TO MANAGER, FACILITIES & ADMINISTRATION; VCHRI WEBMASTER
Norma Cooper
604.875.4111 x 61910     
• Assistant to Manager, Facilities & Administration
• VCHRI Website
• OH&S for the Institute
• Building maintenance

MANAGER, FINANCE
Erika Yep
604.875.4111 x 66210     
• Manage day-to-day financial operations
• Responsible for the management of VCHRI's financial committments
• Assists Executive Director, VCHRI with the development and implementation of the annual budget of the Institute
• Supervise finance clerk

FINANCE CLERK
Rosie Liu   (on temporary leave of absence)
Sandra Stewart   (temporary coverage)
604.875.4111 x 68728     
• Process all AP, AR documentation
• Reconciles monthly ledgers

HR, POLICY & PLANNING

MANAGER, HR, POLICY & PLANNING
Patricia Tait
604.875.4111 x 66782     
• Manages the human resources portfolio for VCHRI administration
• Oversees and facilitates strategic planning, capacity-building and policy development related to research across VCH
• Responsible for the collection/analysis of annual VCHRI metrics data
• Manages the the Internal Grants & Awards Program

EDUCATION

COORDINATOR, RESEARCH EDUCATION PROGRAM
Kerri Abramson
604.875.4111 x 67793     
• Coordinate research education program for VCH
• Develop education programming for research staff and trainees
• Collaborate with other research education programs in Vancouver (UBC, Providence Health Care Research Institute, Child and Family Research Institute)

PROGRAM ASSISTANT
Shelly Reinhart
604.875.4111 x 68699     
• Supports Research Education Program activities (e.g. workshops, events)
• Provides central administrative support for the VCHRI office

COMMUNICATIONS

SENIOR REGIONAL COMMUNICATIONS LEADER
Lisa Carver
604.875.4111 x61777     cell: 604.319.7533     
• Primary focus of VCH Research Communications is to provide media and communication support to the research groups and individual researchers, to educate key health stakeholders and partners to the vital work in translational and basic science research that takes place at our hospital sites and within the community, and to support stakeholders and partners in events and activities showcasing our research
• Communications/Public Affairs at VCH Research Institute is handled in partnership with public affairs at Vancouver Coastal Health, UBC, VGH & UBC Hospital Foundation, and other funding and academic partners

ASSISTANT COMMUNICATIONS COORDINATOR
Beth Hall
604.875.4111 x 21511     
• Coordinates and writes research news stories
• Interviews and collects background information on VCHRI research scientists and clinicians for news stories
• Maintains VCHRI Twitter account
• Clinical Trials: Processes VCHRI clinical trial renewals

CLINICAL TRIALS

MANAGER, CLINICAL RESEARCH UNIT (CRU)
Connie Feschuk
604.875.5886     
• Oversee clinical and business management of the Unit
• Manage clinical trials ensuring good clinical practice
• Assist investigators with clinical trial planning
• Provide quotes to investigators for CRU services
• Manage space allocation to research coordinators for study visits

REGIONAL MANAGER, CLINICAL TRIALS ADMINISTRATION
Stephania Manusha
604.875.5649     

ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT, CLINICAL TRIALS ADMINISTRATION
Wylo Kayle
604.875.5125     
• Receive & process all "Request for Approval to Conduct Research at VCHA" applications for Vancouver Acute, Corporate & Multi-site
• Receive & process all payments for industry sponsored clinical trials
• Process & issue clinical trial and research study yearly renewals
• Assist Regional Manager with Industry Sponsored Clinical Trial agreement administrative process

GRANTS DEVELOPMENT ADVISOR
Tamara English
604.875.4111 x 62023     
• Assists investigators with the development of competitive applications for external grants and awards.
  • Works with VCHRI investigators to effectively articulate research ideas.
  • Conduct planning sessions - with individuals or teams - to develop research plans and proposals.
  • Critically review grant applications for peer-reviewed, external funding agencies.
  • Operating, infrastructure, and salary awards are all eligible.
• Develop and conduct grant-crafting workshops.

UBC OFFICE OF RESEARCH SERVICES AT VCHRI

RESEARCH MANAGER
Sameera Wazir
604.875.4111 x 68455     
• Provide institutional signatures to research grant applications on behalf of UBC and VCHRI.
• Facilitate the processing of collaborative research agreements, contracts and grants.
• Financial administration of research grants, contracts, and agreements.

ASSISTANT MANAGER, RESEARCH ADMINISTRATION
Brit Schottelius
604.875.5272     
• Processes UBC & VCH Research Grant applications requiring the following signatures:
  • Assoc. Dean, Faculty of Medicine
  • Director, Office of Research Services
  • VP Research, VCH
• Deposits cheques to UBC Research Accounts
• Processes UBC Inter-University Transfer Agreements (incoming & outgoing)
• Establishes UBC Research Accounts (Non-industry) for faculty, postdoctoral fellows and graduate students
• Handles queries related to the financial administration of UBC research accounts
• Provides information regarding granting agency application procedures & policies
• Registers Clinical Trials on www.clinicaltrials.gov

VCHRI IT SERVICES (provided by UBC MedIT)

For operational support:


For network failure emergencies call:
1-877-266-0666

For assistance in planning your IT developement:
Christopher Pryde
604.875-4111 x68594